The Latest News about FISA

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham pledged Thursday that he will hold hearings to get to the bottom of whether the FBI misled surveillance court judges by using the Steele dossier to obtain spy warrants against a former Trump campaign adviser. “I promise, everybody in the country, that in the Senate, we’re going to have hearings about the FISA process,” ...

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham is resuming an investigation of potential surveillance abuse by the FBI with an expansive request for records related to the bureau’s vetting of the Steele dossier. In a letter sent Thursday to Attorney General William Barr, Graham asked for all FBI and Justice Department documents related to investigators’ attempts to verify allegations made in ...

Chuck Ross December 8, 2018Comments Off on Lindsey Graham Says He Will ‘Get To The Bottom’ Of FISA Abuse As Senate Judiciary Chairman

Lindsey Graham pledged Saturday to continue an investigation into the FBI’s alleged abuse of the federal surveillance court Graham is poised to take over as Senate Judiciary Committee, where he will have oversight of the FBI, Justice Department and federal court system Republicans have accused the FBI of mishandling the infamous Steele dossier to obtain warrants to spy on former ...

DCNF September 22, 2018Comments Off on Gowdy: Russia Docs Are ‘Embarrassing’ For John Brennan, DOJ And FBI

South Carolina Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy said the information in a batch of Russia investigation documents that President Donald Trump was considering for declassification will prove “embarrassing” for the Department of Justice, FBI and former CIA Director John Brennan.

DCNF September 18, 2018Comments Off on Here’s What You Need To Know About Trump’s Declassification Order

President Donald Trump’s order to immediately declassify FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) documents related to the Russia investigation will provide an unprecedented look into the government’s investigation of the Trump campaign.

DCNF September 10, 2018Comments Off on Trump Reportedly Close To Declassifying Carter Page And Bruce Ohr Documents

President Trump is reportedly on the verge of declassifying documents related to the government’s surveillance of former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page and FBI documents regarding Justice Department official Bruce Ohr.

Brady Kenyon September 1, 2018Comments Off on Bombshell: FISA Warrant on Carter Page Issued Without Hearing

A government watchdog group dropped a bombshell on Friday. Judicial Watch revealed that the Justice Department admitted in a court filing that the FISA Court never held hearings on the FISA applications for former Trump advisor Carter Page. Judicial Watch said that, in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit, the Justice Department (DOJ) admitted in a court filing that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ...

DCNF August 28, 2018Comments Off on FBI Agent: Bureau Leaked Stories To Media Then Used Them To Obtain Spy Warrants

An FBI special agent told Congress earlier in August that the bureau has used leaked news stories as justifications to obtain surveillance warrants against American citizens, a source familiar with the testimony tells The Daily Caller News Foundation.

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes claimed Sunday that the American public will be “shocked” when it sees the remaining blacked out portions of the FBI’s applications for spy warrants against former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.

DCNF July 23, 2018Comments Off on President Of Judicial Watch Tom Fitton Finds FISA Court At Fault For Purposely Targeting Trump Campaign

by Nick Givas President of the legal watchdog group Judicial Watch, Tom Fitton, said the FISA court was at fault for purposely targeting President Donald Trump and his 2016 presidential campaign. Fitton said it was troubling the Clinton campaign helped fund the infamous Steele dossier, which was used as a main piece of evidence to obtain FISA warrants against Trump adviser ...

R. Mitchell July 21, 2018Comments Off on Here are all the FISA court orders and warrant applications on Carter Page [Redacted Text]

In response to Freedom of Information Act requests and a lawsuit filed by justice watchdog Judicial Watch, more than 400 pages were released that hold information the FBI and Department of Justice used to get Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrants against former Trump campaign advisor Carter Page. Judicial Watch’s suit demanded the DoJ turn over “FISA materials related to Carter ...

These are the rules by which applications for Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants are made to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC.) Rule 13 is of special interest to anyone following “The FISA Memo” scandal. Knowingly disregarding any of these rules could result in contempt of court charge from the presiding judge.

R. Mitchell March 4, 2017Comments Off on Trump: Obama administration ‘tapped’ communications at Trump tower during the election

President Trump tweeted Saturday morning that former President Barack Obam ordered the tapping of communications at Trump tower during the 2016 election. How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017 “How low has President Obama gone to ...